Reading

Read article from small town to global leader on page 9 of your Market Leader book and develop exercises A to B.              

A. Read this article. Then complete the chart below.

Angela Ahrendts
Age	50
Job	CEO of de Burberry
Nationality	American
Family	She is married to Greg, have a son and two daughters.
Interests outside work	She like to eat a pizza with her children or play basketball with them.

                                              

B. Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.

1. Burberry is an American company.( F) It is a british company.

2. Burberry is a global fashion company (T)

3. All Ahrendts`s children are teenagers (F) one daughter have 11 year old.

4. They are at school in America. (F) The children are at an American international school in London.

5. Most mornings, Ahrendts is up before 5 a.m. (T)

6. She is away on business most weeks. (F) She travels on business one week a month.

7. She has a lot of interests outside work. (F) be with family.

8. For Ahrendts, keeping in contact with relatives is important. (T)

2.1.2      Open your Market Leader book on page 16, read article Business diary: Eugene Kaspersky, and develop exercises A to E. Send these exercises in the Word file corresponding to Study Guide 1. DO NOT take photos of the pages and paste them on the Word file; you have to type these exercises (including the instructions).

A. Before you read the article, discuss these questions.

1. What do you think is a typical day in the life of the CEO of a big company?

Very busy for all that must respond.

2 How much time do CEOs spend travelling?

Very much time, must be available for it.

3. Do CEOs need holidays?

Yes

B. Look through this article. Can you find any of the ideas you discussed in Exercise A?

C. Answer these questions.

1. Is Kaspersky a formal or informal CEO?

He is informal, normally wears shirts and jeans, but he has a suit for important meeting.

2. Is most of his business in Russia or in other countries?

Most of the company is sales are outside Russia.

3. Does he work 24/7 (24 hours a day, seven days a week)?

No

D. Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F) Correct the false ones.

1. Kaspersky travels a lot. (T)

2. He wears formal business clothes in the office. (T)

3. He gets up early every day. (F)

In Moscow, he does not get up early, especially after a business trip.

4 He goes to the gym after work. (T)

5. He likes to have time to relax when he is in Moscow. (T)

6. He only has holidays in summer. (F)

"in winter, i go to skiing"

2.1.3 Develop exercises A to E on page 24 of your Market Leader book.

A. Which of these adjectives describe work in a call center?

Badly paid  /  boring  /  interesting  /  noisy  /  quiet  /  relaxing  /  stressful  /  well paid

B. Three call-centre workers answer the question "What are the biggest problems for you at work?". Read their replies.

C. Look the chart and tick The problems the call-center workers talk about in the replies. Who talks about each problem? Write Birgit (B), Vijay (V) or kevin (K).

Problems	X	Name		Problems	X	Names
Long working day	x	V		angry customers	x	V
breaks too short				low pay
Long hours at workstation	x	B, V		no time between calls	x	K
boring work	x	K		high staff turnover	x	K
no promotion	x	K		a lot of noise	x	B

D. Which three physical problems are mentioned in Birgit is reply?

1. High staff turnover

2. No promotion

3. A lot of noise

Open your Market Leader book on page 8 and develop exercises A to B on listening.

Jeremy Keeley is a consultant. Listen to him introducing himself in the first part of the interview and decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.

1. He lives in London. (T)

2. He has three very young children. (T)

3. He runs his own business. (T)

4. His business work for organisations across the USA and Asia. (F)

Works for organisations across the Uk and Europa.

5. He helps leaders become better leaders. (T)

6. He always shakes hands when he meets people. (T)